Political turning points in modern Cuban history: 3 revolutions
1898: US intervention in the Cuban war for independence--Jose Marti’s failed revolution
- Platt Amendment mentality: sell-out to the Yankees
- Gerardo Machado dictatorship, 1925-33
1934: The unfinished revolution--revolutionary junta overthrown by the army
- Fulgencio Batista eras: 1934-40 (military), 40-44 (constitutional president), 52-58 (dictator)
- Democratic interlude: 1940-52
1959: Socialist revolution against Batista, the United States, and Cuban elites